Science Experiments You Can Eat - Softcover

Cobb, Vicki

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0397312539 ISBN 13: 9780397312535

Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1972

Synopsis

Science never tasted so good!

Dig into a feast of fun—where you're the scientist and the kitchen is your laboratory! Discover what it takes to make sugar crystallize into rock candy, what moisture has to do with popping popcorn, and how proteins are essential in making cakes and muffins rise. And after you've tested your theories and made some amazing discoveries, you can actually eat your results!

Vicki Cobb's 2 has stood the test of time, filling the minds—and stomachs—of kids for more than forty years. Now with revised and updated material that includes clever new procedures, many new experiments, and vital information on nutrition, a whole new generation of readers can devour this cornucopia of food for thought.

About this title

About the Author

Vicki Cobb is the author of many award-winning science books for young people. With degrees from Barnard College and Columbia University Teachers College, Vicki enjoyed an early career as a science teacher. She now devotes all her time to writing and speaking to teachers, children, and librarians all over the country. She frequently writes for the Huffington Post and is also the founder and president of iNK Think Tank, an organization dedicated to getting high-quality nonfiction books into classrooms. To find out what recent science experiment Vicki has been cooking up, visit her online at www.vickicobb.com. 

Review

"An excellent ?lab manual' of [edible] experiments utilizing readily available materials. . . . A delightful combination of learning by doing, and of relating common activities to basic scientific principles." -- "S." "While making rock candy the reader learns about solutions and crystallization; in making popsicles, about freezing points. . . . Charming and instructive illustrations." -- "NS."

Edition details

• Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company
• Publication date: 1972
• ISBN 10: 0397312539
• ISBN 13: 9780397312535
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English